Penalty for numbering or naming property, estate or street without authority of Comptroller
50A.—(1)  The allotting or fixing of a number or the giving or fixing of a name to or on any building which has been erected in contravention of any written law shall not prevent the person who has contravened such law from being prosecuted thereunder and from being liable to the penalty under that law, or the unauthorised building from being demolished under that law.
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(2)  Any person who, without the authority of the Comptroller —
(a)allots a number to any property or fixes or causes to be fixed a number on or near any property or at the entrance of the enclosure thereof; or
(b)gives a name to any building, estate or street or fixes or causes to be fixed a name on any building, structure or post in or near that building, estate or street,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000, and the Comptroller may, whether or not any proceedings have been instituted against any person for contravention of this subsection, without notice authorise any person to enter upon any property to remove or destroy such number or name.
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(3)  For the purposes of instituting proceedings under subsection (2), the act of —
(a)allotting an unauthorised number to any property, or fixing or causing to be fixed such number on or near any property; or
(b)giving an unauthorised name to any building, estate or street or fixing or causing to be fixed such name on any building, structure or post in or near that building, estate or street,
shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been done —
(i)by the person who erects or sells the property if the person who actually allots, gives or fixes the unauthorised number or name is not known or cannot be found in Singapore; and
(ii)by the owner or occupier of the property if the person who erects or sells the property and the person who actually allots, gives or fixes the unauthorised number or name are not known or cannot be found in Singapore.
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(4)  The Comptroller may, whether or not any proceedings have been instituted against any person for contravention of subsection (2) in respect of any property, by order in writing require the owner or occupier to remove any unauthorised number or name fixed on or near the property.
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(5)  Any person who fails to comply with an order under subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $50 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.
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